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FAA incident report · Moscatiello Pasqualino A LONG EZ · Grand Prairie, TX · November 5, 2022

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Date
November 5, 2022 · 20:10 local
Place
Grand Prairie, TX
Airport
Grand Prairie Municipal
Phase of flight
Landing: Touchdown
Operating rules
General operating rules (Part 91)
Damage
Minor damage
Aircraft
N55PM
Reported as
Moscatiello Pasqualino A Long EZ
Reported engine
Lycoming 0-235 series
People aboard
1
Fatal injuries
0
Other injuries
0
Pilot’s certificate
Private pilot
Pilot’s flight hours
330 total4 in this make and model4 in the last 90 days
N55PMRegistered now · Moscatiello Pasqualino A LONG EZS/N 1558 · Built 1987Airframe modelMoscatiello Pasqualino A LONG EZEngine modelLycoming 0-235 series4 cycle

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

Interviewed the pilot at his hanger, he stated his avionics started failing in flight over joe pool lake. He contacted ATC and informed them of the problem but did not declare an emergency. The pilot then stated he was flying visual and could not tell what his altitude was. He started his decent in to Grand Prairie airport and noticed he was too high and tried to reduce his height while trying to keep his plane level. He stated when he touched down onto the runway his landing gear struck the runway hard then after he taxied a ways his landing gear collapsed. Inspected the aircraft and found the main landing gear had collapsed from what appeared to be a very hard landing. Note this aircraft is of a fixed main landing gear type and does not retract. Found the nose gear to have some damage appeared to be mainly from when the main gear collapsed. Also found damage to the underside of the fuselage, propeller tips and engine cowlings. I asked the privacy data omitted if he could turn on the aircrafts instruments and he did. Noted that the instrument panel lights were not working. Checked the electronic flight instrument system and found it had many error messages. A volt's warning massage was being displayed with a transponder error message that was also being displayed.

As the FAA filed it

INTERVIEWED THE PILOT AT HIS HANGER, HE STATED HIS AVIONICS STARTED FAILING IN FLIGHT OVER JOE POOL LAKE. HE CONTACTED ATC AND INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT DECLARE AN EMERGENCY. THE PILOT THEN STATED HE WAS FLYING VISUAL AND COULD NOT TELL WHAT HIS ALTITUDE WAS. HE STARTED HIS DECENT IN TO GRAND PRAIRIE AIRPORT AND NOTICED HE WAS TOO HIGH AND TRIED TO REDUCE HIS HEIGHT WHILE TRYING TO KEEP HIS PLANE LEVEL. HE STATED WHEN HE TOUCHED DOWN ONTO THE RUNWAY HIS LANDING GEAR STRUCK THE RUNWAY HARD THEN AFTER HE TAXIED A WAYS HIS LANDING GEAR COLLAPSED. INSPECTED THE AIRCRAFT AND FOUND THE MAIN LANDING GEAR HAD COLLAPSED FROM WHAT APPEARED TO BE A VERY HARD LANDING. NOTE THIS AIRCRAFT IS OF A FIXED MAIN LANDING GEAR TYPE AND DOES NOT RETRACT. FOUND THE NOSE GEAR TO HAVE SOME DAMAGE APPEARED TO BE MAINLY FROM WHEN THE MAIN GEAR COLLAPSED. ALSO FOUND DAMAGE TO THE UNDERSIDE OF THE FUSELAGE, PROPELLER TIPS AND ENGINE COWLINGS. I ASKED THE ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^ IF HE COULD TURN ON THE AIRCRAFTS INSTRUMENTS AND HE DID. NOTED THAT THE INSTRUMENT PANEL LIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING. CHECKED THE ELECTRONIC FLIGHT INSTRUMENT SYSTEM AND FOUND IT HAD MANY ERROR MESSAGES. A VOLT'S WARNING MASSAGE WAS BEING DISPLAYED WITH A TRANSPONDER ERROR MESSAGE THAT WAS ALSO BEING DISPLAYED.